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5 Steps to More Profitable Used Car Reconditioning | vAuto

It’s hard to believe that just a few months ago, people were lining up to buy used vehicles. You didn’t even have to fully recondition them to make a great sale. And delays in the recon process didn’t matter much because cars appreciated while they waited. So, if you’re like most dealers, you relaxed your […]

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A Return of Margin Compression? Yes, But Not Necessarily

I’ve been struck by how often the term “margin compression” has come up in recent conversations with dealers. Interestingly, dealers aren’t necessarily complaining about margin compression. It’s more accurate to say they’re starting to notice it in their used vehicle operations. Just this week, for example, two different dealers shared a surprisingly similar story: A […]

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ProfitTime GPS in Practice: A Big Difference Between Two Dealer Groups

I’ve been talking to a lot of dealers lately about how they’re doing in used vehicles. Often, I’m in these conversations because a dealer’s become convinced that vAuto’s new inventory management solution, ProfitTime GPS, is causing a performance problem. Naturally, the starting point of every conversation is ProfitTime GPS. I’ll call up a dealer’s inventory, […]

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A Parallel Between Baseball and ProfitTime GPS

‘Tis the season to be thinking about baseball. Here in Texas, a lot of people are hoping the Houston Astros live up to their potential as 2022 World Series favorites. During a recent postseason game, the announcers talked about how data science has changed the game. They mentioned a decision by Major League Baseball to […]

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ProfitTime GPS in Practice: A Closer Look at a Bronze Car Problem

Across the country, the share of distressed vehicles in dealer inventories is rising. On the surface, a rise in the number of distressed vehicles in a single dealer’s inventory isn’t necessarily alarming. But since they dynamic seems to be happening for almost every dealer, it’s worth taking a closer look here to understand why dealers […]